The Devonshire Manuscript/as ffor my part I know no thyng
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| ←ther ys no cure ffor care off miyd | to my meshap alas I ffynd→ |
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f. [41r]
1 as ffor my part I know no thyng
2 wether that ye be bond or ffre
3 but yet off lat a bvrd ded syng
4 that ye had lost your leberty
f. [41v1]
5 yff yt be tru take hed be tym2
6 and yff thow mast onestly ffly
7 leve off and slake thys ffowlese crym
8 that towcht moch thyn onesty
9 I spek not thys to know your mynd
10 nor off your coun{_u}sell ffor to be
11 but yff I wer thow shold me ffynd
12 thy ffaythffull ffrend asesuredly
Notes & Glosses
[edit | edit source] 1. The top inch of the page has been cut and repaired.
2. For this wording, see Wyatt's poem "Take hede be tyme lest ye be spyde" (2r).
Commentary
[edit | edit source]Written in Margaret Douglas's hand, this poem remains unattributed and is unique to this manuscript. The speaker offers to be available for “counseling” a lover in need. Douglas's writing for the first stanza on "ther ys no cure ffor care off miyd" (41r) appears so faintly on the page that it becomes almost unreadable.